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I'm going to confirm that a quorum is present and allow me to entertain a motion to open the meeting. >> Any second? >> All right. All those in favor? >> I >> I >> and we'll do a roll call vote, please.

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Starting with Jerry. >> Jerry and present. John Ferraro present. >> Jane Cunningham present. >> Chris Howard present. >> Chuck B present. >> Damon Jesperson present. And introduction of other members.

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>> Lesley Matthews >> and >> Cindy Courier, CO director, >> our illustrious speaker. Um, I would entertain a motion to approve the meeting minutes. >> Motion. >> So move.

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I'll take this motion and that is a second. >> Uh any discussion? >> I can do it. >> I think we'll do from the uh >> just I was just um

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so motion uh all those >> in favor. stand and then the chairperson's report. Uh well, we have uh lost a few members

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uh due to conflicts and timing and health issues. So, those of you who know other people who might like to serve, please reach out so we can uh rebuild the board. Uh, I know the select people

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have at least one person on the agenda, I think, for this meeting coming. Um, >> how many people on the board? Some of I forget. >> We can go up to 12. >> 13. >> Uh, 13 by >> Yeah, it's got to be an odd number. >> Yeah, got to be an odd number. Uh, for

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some reason 12 is in my head, but >> I thought it was a certain set standard. >> It usually looks like it's nine, too, cuz your husband >> we've had nine for a long time, but >> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah, I thought it was, >> but I think

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in reviewing it, I know we have sort of a wide range that we want to do. Um, so again, if you have ideas for people, either reach out to them directly or you can contact me and I would be happy to contact people and talk to them. I'm sure Cindy would as well.

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Um, beyond that, uh, I have been meeting with the chair of the select board and Tracy to talk about how to move forward as far as getting funding for a building

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and what that might look like and how they want to proceed with other construction around town and how that fits in. So, those discussions are ongoing. Um, as everyone knows, we didn't pass at

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town meeting by just a few votes for the funding, but there may be some funding we can do for uh the potential of looking at some engineering to do wetland flagging on camp to and things

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like that to keep the the process moving. Um, and that's about all I have for the chairperson's report right now. So, I will turn it over. Oh, the next thing is not what's usually

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there, but attending events. I have not been able to attend any COA events recently. Jerry, I know you >> I go to them all. >> Go to them all. >> Not all of them. Not every single one. I'm not crafty. Don't go to those things.

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How has Spanish class been? >> Spanish class was wonderful. You missed your dad, but kids, he's well beyond beginning Spanish. So, I told him, hey, spin your wheels, you know. >> Um, actually, yeah. And it was really fun. And the people I have were wonderful. >> And it was fun.

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>> It was fun. Oh, yeah. We play I made them make their own bingo games and, you know, and it was fun. We learned a few basics. So, it was fun and they were very enjoyable. So, I enjoyed it. >> Excellent. John, >> may I can just ask a question? So,

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you're learning to speak the language. >> Yeah, I gave them a It was just four meetings of introductory Spanish. So, all I really covered was the hello and the goodbye, how are you? Some necessary phrases like

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the bathroom. Anyway, >> the majority of my Spanish is picked up on the job. >> You probably know, you probably know the Spanish. My husband,

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>> yeah. Um, so that uh colors, numbers, um, things like that, you know, we just got into basics and how are you and all that and I just let them know the important fact like in Europe, you're not going to see bano, you're going to

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see du which is used all over Europe, you know, and that's an important thing and just some cultural things and the difference between Hispanic Spanish Spanish spoken this this continent and South America

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and in Spain it's a little different. >> Huge difference. >> Yeah. Well, the basic language and the accent is totally different but um the culture is enormously different and we kind of stereotype people because we are

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familiar with you know it's Spanish and I even want to talk to show the kids a film. Um oh well they're going to have darker skin and darker hair. No, there's no and the word in Spanish is indoss. They're the they're the Spanish people are the descendants of the ancient

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visib. So they can be blonde, blue-eyed, anything, you know, and things like that. The things we used to, you know, and the food and we had snacks provided by the COA, which was very nice. >> Food is very important. >> They're always

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John by yourself. uh been to several of the well well presented and and well attended lunch meetings traveling chef veterans veterans day lunching and >> the Veterans Day lunchon was awesome was

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really awesome well attended >> and I appreciate all the help Janine is awesome she is a working member of the COA >> speaking of Janine Yeah, I worked the veterans uh lunch and

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was it was really really well done. >> I mean what a nice event for them. So well good program and just food is wonderful. I mean >> yeah. >> Exactly. So the rest of >> Yes.

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Yeah. They donated the food. So >> they're very generous. They're awesome. >> They are. out and I continue every Monday visiting visiting my person for you know so >> fantastic thank you

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>> and just an addendum to that is um Mike who provides the food man is his name his father came >> and was a retired general >> retired general >> yeah it was awesome >> I think his picture was I think >> yeah I think it was

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>> he was sitting right across from me and he had some wonderful exchanges. The gentleman sitting next to me, he and the general in the veterans group over in Marblehead >> and uh he told the most interesting

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story. It's fascinating. He uh fell in love with somebody in his tour duty and his comment was that his weapon was turned into the to the weapons locker the day he arrived and he never saw it again. >> He was an engineer. He saved inside base.

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>> Oh yeah. Yeah, >> repaired >> mother of two stars. I just bet he he fell in love with a young woman and unfortunately 1975 occurred and she couldn't get out of country and he went back year two, year

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three, year four and finally in 77 was able to get her out of town and get her to the states and got three kids and all that together. She married a Vietnamese. This was quite a love story. >> Chris

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>> and I learned a little bit espol and uh obviously continue to teach yoga. I am trying to recruit my neighbor to fill my position. This is going to be my last meeting to work on Ann. I think I'm trying to get her to I think she would

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be a good >> she she's here a lot as a volunteer. She >> shows up. >> True. And she's a neat driver and she's very reliable. >> She does the Boston church in the seems to adore.

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>> I know she loves those long distance ones. >> Well, she lived in the Boston area. She knows. So she knows like that. >> She knows it, but the driving into it isn't easy. >> No. And >> she's even taking me to the airport. She loves to do it. So like, okay.

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And you driving in a happy face vehicle. >> Exactly. Exactly. >> Caution she and John that they must not break any rules of the road or break any laws driving that >> no crimes committed with that as a getaway vehicle.

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>> Yes. Go rent something black and >> script. >> Oh yeah, you can't miss it. It's a little black and it's got big yellow smiley faces. >> We live on We live on back north

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way extension. >> I'm a neighbor. >> Yeah, >> I live down the other end. see the happy face thing all the time. >> Quite a bit for Darren that she a large accounting firm that I did a lot of work for uses her for their books

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and that's how I met her through Jimmy Fella and um we >> so I've been working and trying to convince her to do this. Um as a matter of fact I tried to get her to come to but they're having some problems with solar this morning. So, the solar repair

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man is over there this this morning. Um, but I think she would be a good candidate. So, she'd be a candidate to sit on this board as well. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's what I mean. >> Oh, I thought you wanted to take over your yoga position. >> No, no, no, no. She's excellent.

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>> Yeah. Speaking of that level of recommendations, add to an adjunct or an asterist youthful >> reach down reach down to people in their 30s and 40s that have sh

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>> like D. >> Yeah, I'm still >> How about How about Abby? She's now like 5T 5. I could ask her. >> Yeah, >> I don't know. I've handed to her a couple of times. I I don't know what

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what her commitment is at Chopper and and she's running a tight ship is always looking for extra help. So, I know she's busy. >> Jeez, make my very busy little business at car shows. I haven't been able to attend

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anything. I couldn't even attend last month's meeting cuz it was just so crazy busy. So I apologize for that. >> Not at all. >> I'm doing the car show again this year. >> I have many car shows I'm invited to

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one. >> There is one coming up. >> I don't think they know the exact date yet. We're trying to >> We do. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> It's uh August 14th. >> Oh, fantastic. Thank you. And what's the

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where? >> Where? At the >> at the at the playing field. >> at the playing field. >> So, um the recreation committee and the um approve the use of the property >> central view. >> Yep.

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>> Central green weekend. >> So, it's a Friday. >> Friday. Okay. >> And then the next day is New Town. >> And then next day, they'll be at the same place, right? Central. >> Yeah. It's always a good show.

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>> They're expecting at least 100 cars. All right. Um, we're going to move on to the next part of our agenda, which is the discussion of the van use for trans transportation town meeting for elections. Um, so this came up in our last meeting

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and I stopped discussion on it because it was not on the agenda, but it had been put forward that in the past the COA had offered the ban to residents to get to the polls for voting and to get to town meetings since a lot of our

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elderly residents are not comfortable driving at night. Um, so what I would like is a motion to uh allow the COA to set up the van to do those sorts

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of transportations and we'll have a discussion about it and take a vote. >> Second. All right. Uh I know one of the objections that people had is that people didn't use it to come to uh vote.

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But I don't know from your point of view if making it available for something that they can request is a bad idea, a medium idea, a good idea, an indifferent idea since people don't use it. So >> So we used to offer it. >> Yep.

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>> For voting. The long time ago it was always voting. So, as long as I've been here, when we put it in the newsletter to offer it, nobody's taken us up on it. >> However, I will tell you, I think it was last year, could have been the year before,

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um, we were out shopping on an election day. >> And two people had said to the driver, "Can we stop there? I want to vote." Um, >> so it happened to be during the time they were already on the vehicle, but

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>> other than that, I really haven't been asked for transportation to the polls. >> Not sure voting is is as big a need because they can do mailing, you know what I mean? >> So, and I, you know, I I received the ballots while I'm processing and I

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noticed that >> some of the people that they go, >> right, >> Yeah. So I know that there are a lot of them are voting, you know, mailing. >> So that's, you know, I think for some

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people they might want to go cuz it's a Yeah. Yeah. It's a thing, >> you know. >> Yeah. But they get up. >> The maybe the more important element would be for town. >> Just going to say that. >> Yeah. That's where I was going because I think >> that's probably more,

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>> you know, >> I can remember going back several seasons. It was one of the early ones that Trident because had a choked a choke warrant list and I can recall the school buses pulling up and the flowing

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out of the other buses. >> Wow. >> And it it just uh is etched in my memory. So, it's it's been done. Huh? >> I can remember meetings where we had to go drag people in cuz I know

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>> I think they used to do that very recently. >> I mean it obvious depends on the world but in people's interests. That's true. That's very true. But I think that's probably a more >> pressing. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> You want to draw people in, put a dog

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issue on the wall. Oh, I was going to say that was the biggest one. Yeah, >> it's funny. >> It shouldn't be funny, but I know what you mean. It is. >> How many people does the band hold? >> It's 14. 14.

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>> So, if I may make a comment on that. >> Mhm. >> There's 14 people. You bring in to town, that's 14 people. because you have to get those 14 people out town meeting. >> Mhm.

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>> So you would have that that van would have to be either we probably have to be parked outside at all times in the event that somebody from that group wants to leave and not spend the full 3 hours at the time.

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Lots of discussion. Yeah. Cuz I mean >> it is a long meeting and Yeah. >> Yeah. But I'm assuming if people want to go that they have that ability to be there. I think I think it's hard to

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for him or her. Yeah. That you know they would expect that they could be there an hour and then be driven back home. >> You know I mean >> so legal legal meeting can go till midnight. >> Yeah. >> So I mean it could be >> and I have been there.

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>> Yes. Yes. So, >> yeah. >> But I think it's a a good point. The driver would >> have to stay for the whole meeting >> and stay with the van cuz that's our policy, >> right? >> Um,

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>> our driver is also a Newbury resident. >> Oh, okay. >> One last question. Seeing is it is handicapped accessible, would handicap be able to take that to the town meeting also if they weren't eligible? Well,

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that's all there. >> One of the questions that I was going to bring up is if we offer it to certain residents, do we have to offer it to all residents? Which would be your point about handicap? >> Um, and I think

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given my understanding of election law, we would uh if we make it available to some people, we have to make it available to all people. But I'm not sure about that because this is a special class of people in town.

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>> Uh so that would be something we have to look at to see, you know, if we're offering it to these people, does it have to go out to everyone as an offer? >> The only issue I could see on that that need to be looked into would be the

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insurance rider. >> Yeah. >> Oh, you mean for other people, right? Yeah. >> Okay. So, you know, beyond our fault, that's the next hurdle. The insurance. >> Well, if we have to offer it to other

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people, it becomes a town. You should not necessarily see a wedding. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. >> I'm not 100% off. >> Yeah. I was like, how does it fall under the above? You know, >> I think it's worth looking at.

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>> Yeah. I'm not hearing anyone objecting to the idea of offering this. So I think we'll do some more research and uh >> Excellent. >> Yeah. Table. >> Well, also the town the town should

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examine along with the COA's opportunity a volunteer program and sense out the liability issues with that >> mean volunteers driving people. >> Yeah. neighbors at all and get the sense of whether that's legally tenable or a

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bad idea looking to create problems. >> Well, I mean, you can drive your neighbor anywhere. >> Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Yeah. >> No, but the communication of uh trying to get the word out. What if we put it in Cindy's newsletter and uh

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>> fuzzy farts? >> My bad. Sorry. forgot the shot or >> it has a a large large recipient group and you send it to x number they're going to talk to x number of times too

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so the word will multiply >> right I think there are people who could sit through town meeting but just don't drive at night >> yes >> you know so they want to go >> with it's with the manifestation in the

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in the LED lights on the road today makes driving for those who have >> I agree with you >> issue to help. >> So Chuck made a motion to move to table. Did I second? All those in favor?

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>> So we'll bring this back next time and hopefully have a little more clarity from the town. >> Uh do we have any information on the friend to attend that last meeting? So, their

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next meeting is their annual meeting that will be held on June 17th. It is not this Wednesday, it is next Wednesday at I believe it's at 9:30 at the library. If you are a member of the friends, this is your opportunity to

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vote uh board members onto their board. There are, I believe, five people who are up for reelection to the board and there's one open spot. >> So, I think it's just one total total five

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people >> that are up and then there's one. You're right. >> So there's six people that will be elected to the board. So if you are a member of the friends um we encourage invite you to the library on June 17th

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at 9:30 a.m. >> And the thing that they didn't get out is that you just don't join the friends once. you have to join it every single year. And a lot of people weren't aware of that. So, >> yeah,

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>> it's a what one year term. >> It's a you you give your $10 per person, $20 for a family for every single year. And a lot of people Yeah. >> It's an annual membership. >> Yeah. >> Okay.

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>> But if you are a member and you're up to date, you are allowed. What happens is the members are going to vote in the directors which are their particular board and only the directors will vote in the officers.

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>> All right. >> Then the sixth six members six that is yeah there's one that isn't filled. There is a nomination committee set up for that.

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>> Oh, goodness. >> Okay. So, you want me to move on to my >> All right. So, there's several upcoming events. We have a Father's Day event on Tuesday, June 16th at 400 p.m. We've got the Pomodoro's food truck coming for that.

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Um, our craft class this month uh is on Wednesday, June 10th. That's this Wednesday at 1:00. We're making normally we do something that's about $20 in cost. We are doing this big rectangular flag platter. It's bigger than the projects we normally do. So, it's $40.

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Um, but that's not the norm for us. We wanted to do something special. >> You say platter. What is it? >> It's like a big rectangular like you could serve. It's like a serving. >> Okay. Yep. Okay. Um, our tech classes that are coming up are Thursday, June 18th at

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1:30. Kevin's going to go over um organizing your photos on your iPhone. In July, which is Thursday, July 9th at 1:30, he is personalizing your iPhone. Um, that's covering changing ringtones, text tones, adjusting your wallpaper,

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your lock screen, um making important tools more accessible, things like that. So that will be um Thursday, July 9th. Animal World Experience will be here on Thursday, July 23rd at 1:30. We had tried to get Matt um we had him

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scheduled in April and then something came up for him. He had to cancel that event. Um so we booked him for July. We do it during either school vacation weeks or sometime in the summer to allow grandparent grandchildren kind of type uh event that is usually very well attended.

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So that is Thursday, July 23rd. We have uh we're doing an ice cream social on Monday, June 29th at 1 p.m. And then immediately following that, we are having Chris Dailyaly do a presentation about the Declaration of

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Independence. So Chris Dailyaly came here one time and did a presentation about Abraham Lincoln's assassination and he was great and people loved him and then he moved to Florida. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, but he does these virtually, so he will be up on the screen. We did one about Sackaman Vanzetti on the screen

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and people really loved it. Uh, so we're trying this one. We're trying to do some things sort of related to uh 250. >> Excellent. We have a hearing clinic coming up on Thursday, June 25th at 10:30. Um, New

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England Hearing Care will be here. They'll do a free hearing clinic and then talk to people about what their options will be. Pickle ball uh starts tomorrow. So, we are doing again we're doing beginner's pickle ball over at the sport court behind the fieldhouse. Uh

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beginners classes are on Tuesdays from 9 to 11:00 and then open play is on Thursdays from 9 to 11. The rec committee is also offering open play other days during the week. I think they're doing Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Um so if people are interested in the beginner classes, they need to call us

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to um register for that. There's limited spots available. Um, and then we encourage people to play at the opening play on Thursdays and other days during the week. Delvina Theater will be here. In the newsletter, it says, "Our event is on Thursday, June 11th." That actually had to be changed. We sent this

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to the printer and then Delvina called us and said, "Oh god, we can't make it that day. Someone's um family member is having a medical issue, surgery that day." Um, so she had to move the event. So, it is now on July 16th at 1:00 p.m. the calendar insert how the correct date

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as people are calling us. We're letting them know of the date change cuz everybody has told us hey one thing in the newsletter which is good at least reading it. That's right. >> Y >> um and then I did just want to mention well we have traveling chef obviously that is um our standard every month. So

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we have Monday June 22nd that's breakfast for lunch and then Monday July 20th is a barbecue which be hamburgers on the grill >> right >> um we are collaborating with the new report COA they are working with Wolf Adventure Wolf Adventures and Tours I think is the name of the company they

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are doing different um travel groups so they have one going into the tall ships they have a Boston Pops one coming up uh they did one to the Boston Public Library for high tea and then over to the Isabella Stewart gardener museum and I believe a couple of you from Newbury

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actually went to that one. So if people are interested in those um contact Sarah the director over at Newport to sign up for and register and pay your fee over there. The more people go uh the price goes down. Um

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>> so there's a new level that's coming up. >> It's already outside. >> You should you should have it. If not I can get you one. >> I didn't check. All right. >> I have a post office block. So, I got >> You got to go. >> Um, that's pretty much it. >> All right.

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>> Any new business or other items people would like to see on agenda next time? >> Yeah, I think we should give a big round of applause for all day. >> Thank you for all the service.

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>> Thank you. probably four or five. >> You were doing it for a while. >> And the same thing for >> Susan. >> Yeah. >> Susan is here a while. >> Yeah. Probably should send out a letter

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of thanks to all of those that um that put that name. Okay. It's a nice idea. It is. It is a very nice idea. >> Good idea, Jack. Any other items? One

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thing I'd recommend is for maybe looking downstream to bring in a guest speaker on elder law and that's this is a firm that I'm familiar with through my work within Langa and and just a remarkable

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agenda for children of elders uh for elders of elders and even even gray marriage the idea of late second marriages after losing a first spouse. And that these these folks are some of the best of the

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best. And our town has some, but it the subject needs to be not a regular law firm, not even an estate planning, regardless of how capable they have to be exquisite elder lawyers. and the men and women of that profession are uh

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>> so you're not talking about >> just just getting on getting on the research level to find out who in our neighborhood are as qualified as career uh is and that's a Boston outfit and basically um see if they'd be willing to

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come and and make a presentation >> right but what I'm asking what kind of presentation so you're not saying like the >> things you need to think about every one of those pages tells the the the realm of concern that every elder should have

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and every child and an elder should have and what to begin to think about and in and put in motion more than just a state plan. Yeah. So you're not talking about like healthcare proxy >> all of it. >> All right. Because we have done that. >> Yeah. >> A couple times we have done that. But um

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I can we can look into this too. But a dedicated elder lawyer is is the way to go rather than a journal. >> Yeah, I think there's two around here and I know we used to they usually do big >> cuz he was president of the group and

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the library done something like that too with Elder. >> Did you do it with the active? >> It's more of a saleserson. >> Oh that yeah sadly society isn't it?

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>> Mhm. So, I I I agree with you and um I hope I'm not speak um because my husband and I just went through the full estate. >> Yeah. >> And had our eldest, our oldest daughter

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>> to be take care of us. >> Yeah. in the event of and the beauty is that she has an enormous background in long-term um medical attention and um the warrior

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that we used who is pretty much local was so impressed with her and she gave me a job. Oh, >> so she is now part of the representative group to advise people on how

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to >> Georgetown for all Greees. >> But it's important it is important. So we have done um like an elder law, healthcare proxies, powers of attorney,

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trust, things like that. You've um but we wanted to do actually sort of a a multi-tiered >> program where we would talk about things like this >> and then another program we would talk about hospice and planning and stuff like that.

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>> And then there would be another um >> you know another arm to that. But we wanted to do a kind of like a you know, three months in a row have different hot topics, so to speak, about stuff like this. Um, if we do this, when we do it,

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um, we'd love to have people come, but sometimes that's part of the challenge is we put really we just had this great social security program >> and we had a couple of people come. >> Yeah. >> So, and he was excellent. >> Yeah. >> Maybe surround it with a visiting chef

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and just have a presentation. Let let the >> Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't because when you have information like this, like we'll have someone come to a traveling chef meal, right? And they'll it'll be a dietitian from Han and some people are listening, some people aren't listening. Some

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people are talking, some, you know, um something like this, I would want to dedicate the time to this. I'm happy to offer a meal first maybe, you know, like we can serve dinner or or meal >> or this and then the meal to follow. Yeah, it's something but or even just

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some snacks, whatever. But we generally do >> a quiz. >> So we generally do things like this on a Tuesday evening because that opens it up to adult children who are working. Um so to be able to say, you know, I need to

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know about this for my parents so that I can talk to my parents about it because my parents won't come to this event >> because they don't want to talk about their end of life or preparation. That also speaks to her years. This was something that was really >> adult children.

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>> It's a challenge. >> I have a folder like this big in a wonderful canvas bag. And all I said and one of the main thing I wanted to get across is call the brook here. Call your lawyer before you report anything else. See what it says. It's right there.

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>> You know, mine left me a big binder. I got >> It's huge. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> but some people don't have anybody, right? That's part of the challenge and we're trying to get people to make sure that they have somebody. Even we've dealt with issues in the community here

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where someone has no spouse, no siblings, no, >> you know, close friends and then the fit hits the sh >> and then where do they where do they end up? Where do they go? It's like its own little thing. There's been a lot of highlight on that

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particularly with women because women, >> sorry guys, always live typically live longer. >> Yeah. >> And um Wall Street Journal had an article on that recently about like um single planning and having a village and you know there was a lot of joke about

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the Golden Girls and but what happens if you're sick and disabled? Not just sick and disabled. >> Well, that's just it. You have a plan. you know, someone who can be your healthare proxy when you can't speak for yourself. You know, if you don't have >> even if you have family, but you haven't

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>> legally made someone your proxy, that puts the hospital or the nursing home in a difficult spot. So, uh it's important to have these documents in place. >> Um but we we can put the information out there. >> Yeah. >> They have to do the next step. Our main

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our main role here is to be a resource to people and to put out the information. I can't force them to do it. So, but yes, we will. We were looking into I will talk to Kathy about, you know, maybe there's a lawyer around here that even these people could recommend. I don't know. >> Or you could just have that multiplied

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and put it in the next mail. >> That's a public document. >> But one of the thing just I wanted that um the COA brought in um Dave Den and that was an excellent thing. We're going to thank you for that. And talked to people and he's talked to them before

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having that little thing on the side of your refrigerator when you they come into the house what you have and emphasize little simple things life. Yes. >> And he was just wonderful on that. >> So that was one of the traveling chefs >> talking about

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talk on the refri like >> I started that. you started up but you know what I didn't know about it and that is so important and I filled it out and I filled it up for Bill and you know there it is so they can come in and get that information

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>> I was chairman of triad council on aging for many years >> oh that's where all that came about was our collaboration with the police and the EMTs >> and that's so huge and then when he came in he had this little raffle with fire

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blankets and other things and No. >> So the COA bought the fire blankets, but he brought the CO he brought the CO detectors. >> The CO detector. >> So we were giving those away. >> Fire blankets. A huge hit. >> So the problem though that Cindy keeps mentioning is the reach and the people

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that I get from Leslie isn't it aren't the seniors. It's basically the people who are again the daughters, the families, the whatever. So I think that from a marketing standpoint, you have to get outside. a newsletter doesn't cut it cuz they're not talking

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to the audience. >> So when we do stuff >> come and learn what they need to do for their parents. >> So how do you do it? So when we do stuff like this we tend to collaborate now with the library >> because it brings a different >> crowd >> a different crowd of people. So like when we did the social security the last

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two times we did the library collaboration with them. We basically bought the presenter. Um, but we collaborated with sometimes I think there's a fear for people to come in here to the Council on Teaching. I don't need that. I'm not old. >> No. Okay. >> Um, it's true. It's true. It's true.

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>> But the library, everybody goes to the library. So, we tend to >> What if I could uh find out when Georgetown holds theirs and somebody from COA could perhaps sit in on that to see what the presentation

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>> Yeah, sure. We'd love to. We'd love to. >> We can even talk. I just don't want to speak for somebody else, right? I mean, I can give you a recommendation and you can reach out, >> right? >> Yeah. >> And um but I just don't want I I >> Yeah. I can't I can't promise somebody

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else's time. >> No, absolutely not. >> You spoke of the consmate aspect of it all and that's young people in their 40s at 7:00 p.m. >> Well, 7 p.m. slowly, but the whole the whole I mean age and where people are at

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that age. Uh >> on a Tuesday on a Tuesday night at 7 p.m. is there still commuting from Boston or or part-time? No. And that's home. A lot of people are local. You know, some people's

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Yeah, there's a million. >> You can't please everybody with a demographic of our town means and it's the youth are missing. >> Yes. >> Unless unless per your example is a specific warrant that it is directed at

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them. They begin to show they specialy. Um, >> of course it doesn't, >> but I mean it's not always the the kids who are getting ready. I mean, in your case, it worked. I did it myself and then told my kids who didn't want to talk about it,

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>> right? >> So, you know, maybe there's a way for us to have, you know, someone talk about how to talk with your kids. >> Exactly. I mean, you know, >> it's a different conversation conversation. It is. It is. And I know some people they have thoughts about

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what they want for after right I want to be cremated and your kids are like I thought you wanted to be >> right >> like there's that conversation needs to happen so >> there's what you want right >> well we had a friend from at church

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we've known him for years as long as we know we didn't really have much family he was single he you know and he got into a very serious accident and people are calling the church saying, "Hey, you know, do you know

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anybody that does he have any family? Do you know?" I mean, it took us like 6 weeks to find his brother in Florida. >> Wow. >> You know, meanwhile, he's in an ICU in critical condition. Lost a leg, lost an arm. I mean, it was bad. So to have what

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we're doing at church now is trying to get everybody to give us a little information and what what do you want done? What do you want? So the when the family comes in, they can talk about this is this is what your mother told me she'd like to have done, you know. Yeah. And so if you don't have some of this,

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at least we've got some information. >> But we like to have an emergency contact on everyone who comes here >> simply just to, you know, if if we can't get a hold of that person, we can at least call even if you're out of town or out of state, we can say, "Hey, we haven't seen or

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>> we will do um calls to the police department obviously for, you know, well checks, but um sometimes people just >> don't come back, right? >> And it could be a plethora of reasons. So try to do lemurs, but I I think maybe adding in um how to talk to your

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children about this or your or your family, >> right? >> It's like planning inertia and the expense of getting legal and accounting help to begin to put things in writing and >> assign executives and then if you've got more than one child and who's the more

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appropriate executive in ownership. >> Yeah. Yeah, I mean I I have a PhD in closing out with Patty's 14 years of illness and basically u went into Tremont Street and and very

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discussion a jacket about that large and now my son and my daughter only wholesale >> and sometimes something's not the same. I mean, I wouldn't ask my daughters to be my healthc care proxy cuz I don't think they would, you know, could do it.

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My son, yes. You know, so but I don't want him to be the executive. So, you know what I mean? So, there's sometimes there are different >> we each have our own gifts and talents. So, we >> parents need to recognize that and don't be afraid that you're going to upset

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somebody for this or that. I think long gone are the days of you know someone passes away and the family just steps in right >> like this too many legalities now country the world >> but one thing I would say given John's

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concern about where people are at and when they can get to meetings is if we can ask most presenters on things like this to record it so that we can have an archive. >> Sometimes they won't do that. >> I know. >> Yeah. It's always good to ask you because you know a lot of trainings and

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meetings I can't get to because of my travel and work schedule but I if I register I can then go back and watch the video and it may be only if you register like there are ways to limit it so that it's not becoming a free public access resource for someone we're

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paying. >> Um >> but if if we can it's always good to say >> you know would you be okay with this? We'll only keep it live, >> you know. >> Okay. >> Sorry. But

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>> simultaneously, I would broadcast it. Why not have it as a webinar? I mean, just like the guy in Florida who's doing it on the uh, you know, >> have it live and not recorded if it has issues or he or she has issues.

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But that's going to get more reach and the people who are struggling with kids cuz again it's all we're going >> there's always after school programs and >> yeah I got soccer camp to deal with know it's an important topic just can't get it who do I choose my parents or my kids

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>> that's the pleasure of being the sandwich generation. So as an addendum to the file of life, what we want in there, not only will your men's contact information, who do we call? We go in and somebody's

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unresponsive. There's no direction which way to go. >> So on there, it might be on. >> It is. It is. >> Yes. So to add to that, in your car you

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have a heart with the EMT symbol through it. We know that info in the glove compartment if you're unconscious. >> So >> it's a big help to know what meds you're on to know if there's any counterintuitive drugs that you can put

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in. >> That's why the vital life more than anything. But the contact information is also very very helpful. The key is to keep it updated. >> Yeah. I'll have to look Yeah, you're right. I should go back and take it out and look at it. It's simply >> Exactly.

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>> When I gave it to my parents, I told my dad is sort of >> He color codes his checkbook. Anyways, so he's very So I said to him for both my mother and my father each had one on the refrigerator. I said to him, "Type out

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your med list and then you save it and then you just add or subtract from instead of having to because it is you when you look at this and you unfold it, you're handwriting everything in there." >> Yeah. >> So, I've told them to add or just >> That's a good idea on a med list at your next visit. Yeah, I think mine is pencil

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so I can erase it and you're right within >> but you have to keep it updated cuz if contact person is no longer your contact person you know >> the key is it's great to have that >> that's very important >> all right Mr. Chairman motion to

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adjourn. >> Uh just a moment and we set our next meeting date. >> Next meeting. So I believe our third Monday will be July 20th. >> Of course. >> Uh so I propose July 20th at 9:00 a.m.

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for our next meeting. Could I get a motion to that effect? >> So moved. >> I don't think second. >> All those in favor? Hi. >> Now,

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is there a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor. Thank you all.